Introduction

An admission process is necessary in vocational technical schools where space is a limiting
factor. Vocational-technical laboratories (shops) are designed and equipped to serve a specific
maximum number of students safely. Consequently, a complex of such laboratories lacks both
the space and flexibility to accommodate the possible needs and/or interests of all applicants.
Therefore, a selection process is necessary to determine which applicants may most benefit
from such educational opportunities. All applicants to grades nine through eleven at Shawsheen
Valley Technical High School will be evaluated using the criteria contained in this Admission
Policy. The Shawsheen Valley Technical School Committee approved this policy on September
25, 2007.